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Guest OS

Cheetah supports macOS 12+ and ARM-based Linux distributions on Apple silicon.

Supported guests

  • macOS 12 Monterey
  • macOS 13 Ventura
  • macOS 14 Sonoma
  • Debian (ARM)
  • Fedora (ARM)
  • Ubuntu (ARM)
  • Other ARM Linux

macOS guests

Install supported macOS versions as virtual machines on a compatible host Mac. For beta / seed builds you may need Device Support packages from Apple if installation fails.

Historical restore-image build tables from older docs are omitted here because download links go stale quickly. Prefer current images from Apple when creating a new macOS VM.

Example restore references (placeholders)

These rows illustrate the kind of metadata older docs listed. Treat them as examples only — verify builds before use.

VersionExample buildNotes
macOS 14 (Sonoma)—Use current Apple restore image / IPSW
macOS 13 (Ventura)—Use current Apple restore image / IPSW
macOS 12 (Monterey)—Use current Apple restore image / IPSW

Debian

Download ARM-based Debian images from debian.org and choose the arm64 processor architecture.

Fedora

Download ARM-based Fedora images from fedoraproject.org and choose the ARM aarch64 architecture.

Ubuntu

Use Ubuntu Desktop on ARM64 daily builds, or download Ubuntu Server for ARM and install the desktop environment manually:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
sudo reboot

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